Monthly Archives: April 2015

For Passion’s Sake

Posted on April 30, 2015 by sonyasutton

I was fortunate to have been able to go to two stunning concerts within the past week. An opportunity to see John Eliot Gardiner lead his Monteverdi Choir in Orfeo last Tuesday at the Kennedy Center and then on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Unbelievable! (11): Marionette

Posted on April 29, 2015 by deborahmeister

This occasional series explores what we don’t believe — and why — in order to help us understand what we do believe, and why we do. The church does not teach that God controls everything. In my pastoral ministry, there … Continue reading →

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Christos Anesti Part II

Posted on April 28, 2015 by jimq2012

Yesterday I visited Saint Sophia, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, DC.  I had never been but went with a friend who was born in Greece and hoped to light candles in loving memory of a Great Aunt who had died a few … Continue reading →

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The Church’s one foundation

Posted on April 28, 2015 by ronatstalbansdc

Just about every Sunday morning something in the service at church comes as a pleasant surprise or a special joy.  Often it is music by Byrd, Bach, Victoria, or Palestrina sung by the choir, but just as often it is … Continue reading →

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Christos Anesti: St Alban’s

Posted on April 27, 2015 by jimq2012

 TBTGOMOU&LC SW; JT SA Happy Monday, Jim+

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Deserted Places

Posted on April 24, 2015 by matthewhanisian

“But he would withdraw to deserted places and pray.” Luke 5:16 This weekend the Rite 13 group will go away to what I am almost positive will be a “deserted place,” Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  The weather is supposed to hover … Continue reading →

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Greater Love – Yoga to Cromwell

Posted on April 23, 2015 by sonyasutton

I don’t watch a lot of television, but I did get pulled into Oliver Cromwell’s orbit recently with the PBS airing of “Wolf Hall”. Complexities abound in the Tudor court, no surprise, and nothing is more complex than the character … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities

Posted on April 22, 2015 by deborahmeister

Over the last several months, our nation has been compelled to undertake a serious examination of the ways we treat our African-American brothers and sisters, and particularly of the ways that they interact with many police forces. For people of … Continue reading →

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“Valid” Eucharist

Posted on April 21, 2015 by ronatstalbansdc

The reading for yesterday, Monday in the Third Week of Easter, in one of my most instructive resources, “Readings for the Daily Office from the Early Church,” by J. Robert Wright, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at General Theological Seminary in … Continue reading →

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Can’t Be Silenced

Posted on April 17, 2015 by matthewhanisian

“Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go….And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.” Acts 5:40b, 42 When … Continue reading →

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